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Personnel expected to attend for NYTW updated.
Thursday, July 24 2025
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM (E)
BREAK: 1:00PM - 2:00PM
Off Broadway
See each theatre's breakdown for salary.
Equity actors for roles in the following Off-Broadway theatre's 2025-26 Seasons:
Please prepare a brief monologue and/or a brief song. An accompanist will be provided.
Please bring three (3) copies of your headshot and resume stapled together.
Actors' Equity New York Audition Center
165 W 46th St
16th Fl
New York, NY 10036
See each theatre's breakdown for production-specific personnel, as well as those who are expected to attend.
See each theatre's breakdown for production dates.
EPA Procedures are in effect for this audition.
An Equity Monitor will be provided.
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination.
Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition.
Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.
Notice: Audition Call Type: EPA
Co-Artistic Directors: Bernard Telsey and William Cantler
Executive Director: Blake West
General Manager: Beth Dembrow
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Manager of Artistic Development: Elissa Huang
Manager of Musical Programming & Development: Scott Galina
Written by Preston Max Allen
Directed by David Cromer
Frankel Theater - OB Category AA - $851.00 weekly minimum
First Rehearsal (on or around) – August 7, 2025
First Preview (on or around) – September 12, 2025
Possible Extensions Through – November 16, 2025
ADDITIONAL SHOW(S), TBA - These shows are likely to be plays.
Newman Mills Theater - OB Category DD - $1,532.00 weekly minimum
Artistic Director: Patricia McGregor
Associate Artistic Directors: Aaron Malkin, Rachel Silverman
Casting Director in Residence: Claire Yenson
Producer: Audra Labrosse
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Associate Artistic Director: Aaron Malkin
Casting Director in Residence: Claire Yenson
Associate Producer: Audrey Frischman
Director: Whitney White
Book: Damon Cardasis and James IJames
Music & Lyrics: Sia
Additional Music: Honey Dijon
Music Supervision, Orchestration, and Arrangements: Jason Michael Webb and Luke Solomon
Choreographer: Darrell Grand Moultrie
Casting Director(s): Nicholas Petrovich and Erica A. Hart
Associate Casting Director: Sujotta Pace
Off Broadway Category CC ($1229/week)
Saturday Church tells the story of Ulysses — New York City kid, devoted son and the fiercest tenor at his aunt’s church. A chance encounter on the subway introduces him to the world of Saturday Church, a sanctuary for LGBTQ+ youth. Caught between two worlds, Ulysses wrestles with family and faith as he strives to find the place where he can love and be loved — in all his fabulousness. This new musical captures the joy of embodied liberation and the profound power of faith, with a score that soars from the transcendence of gospel to the exhilarating vibrations of house music and pop. Saturday Church boldly asks, is faith only for the Holy?” and, more importantly, are there any queens in the house?!
[THIS SHOW IS FULLY CAST]
(Selected roles):
Director: Sarah Benson
By Moliere
Adapted by Lucas Hnath
Casting Director: Taylor Williams
Off Broadway Category CC ($1229/week)
[ALL ROLES ARE CAST. WE WILL BE
UNDERSTUDIES, EXACT COVERAGE IS STILL TBC.]
Roles Include (CAST):
Tony Award nominee Lucas Hnath and Obie Award winner Sarah Benson conspire to bring us a razor-sharp reinvention of Molière’s iconoclastic comedy in a mad-dash production full of ferocious wit, outrageous design, and downright buffoonery.
Director: Rachel Chavkin
Created and performed by the Bengsons
Choreography by Steph Paul
Off Broadway Category CC ($1229/week)
My Joy is Heavy is a deeply personal portrait of a young family yearning for connection amidst the loss of a pregnancy in rural Vermont. Surrounded by snow and wrapped in loneliness, they uncover the unexpected joys and humor that can emerge in the wake of loss.
[THIS SHOW IS CAST]
Artistic Director: Emily Shooltz
Executive Director: Tim McClimon
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Artistic Producer: Jeremy Ehlinger
Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Serafina Tiranno-Cimisi
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting – Dave Caparelliotis, Joe Gery
Signature Theatre is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages performers of all ethnicities, genders, abilities, ages, and other ways of identifying, to audition. Please note that unless otherwise specified in the breakdown, for all roles we are actively seeking and welcoming of actors of any ethnicity, race, gender/gender identification/gender expression, age, and physical and neurological ability.
Signature Theatre, The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Written by Heather Christian
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Music Directed by Ben Moss
Casting Director: Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA (expected to attend)
Casting Associate: Serafina Tiranno-Cimisi (expected to attend)
Salary - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off Broadway BB)
In this “profoundly strange and overwhelmingly beautiful” (New York Times) music-theater event, creator Heather Christian infuses a classical oratorio with a captivating blend of blues, gospel, jazz and soul. Both otherworldly and achingly intimate, the piece surrounds and uplifts audiences, peeling back complex layers of what it means to be alive on both a human and a cosmic scale.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS: First and foremost, we are seeking performers who are 100% singers first. This is intensely difficult music sung by virtuosic musicians. We are looking for trained singers who have multi-faceted instruments and are capable of carrying a wide range of styles comfortably. If classical singers, must be comfortable with straight tone and gospel sounds. If gospel singers, must be comfortable with legit sounds and straight tone. If musical theater singers, must be able to sing without affectation. Must have at least 3 octaves, read music well and learn quickly. Must be excited by a challenge! We are looking for folks who have distinctive timbres, but also have a capability to timbrally SHIFT. The cast is an assembly of unique individuals, each of whom will be featured as soloists, but who must also sing complex harmony with confidence. We are looking for virtuosic unicorns who know how to sing with their real hearts.
Signature Theatre, The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Written by Lauren Yee
Directed by Teddy Bergman
Casting: Caparelliotis Casting – Dave Caparelliotis, Joe Gery (expected to attend)
Salary - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off Broadway BB)
St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives riotously intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way. Lauren Yee’s (Cambodian Rock Band, The Great Leap) savvy, off-kilter tale of identity, espionage, and the cost of capitalism makes its New York premiere in this razor-sharp dark comedy.
Note: The characters in this play are Russian. Age is very flexible, especially for Evgeny, Dmitri, and Mother Russia. Feel free to embrace the heightened spirit of the show. Within the frame of the play, Evgeny, Dmitri, and Katya speak in standard American accents (to signify they are speaking Russian). Mother Russia (who exists outside this frame) speaks with a Russian accent.
Signature Theatre, The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
Written by Heather Christian
Directed by Keenan Tyler Oliphant
Music Directed by Jane Cardona
Casting Director: Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA (expected to attend)
Casting Associate: Serafina Tiranno-Cimisi (expected to attend)
Salary - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off Broadway BB)
Step into a musical séance like no other — where the veil is thin, the music is wild, and the spirits of memory come roaring to life. Heather Christian’s “dazzlingly original” (Vogue) piece blends storytelling, requiem, and family mythology in a musical ritual made for sinners and saints alike. A journey into the haunted spaces of memory and loss, this transporting experience comes to Signature in a thrilling new production helmed by director Keenan Tyler Oliphant, diving deep into the relationship between the soul, the seen and the unseen. With her raucous, singular music fusing blues, gospel and folk, Obie Award-winner Heather Christian invites you to pay tribute to the forces that shape our lives.
The Public Theater
Artistic Director: Oskar Eustis
Executive Director: Patrick Willingham
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Directors of Casting: Jordan Thaler/Heidi Griffiths
Casting Director: Kate Murray
Casting Associate: Chalin Tulyathan
Except where otherwise noted, understudy coverage needs are TBD at this time.
Written by John Leguizamo
Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson
1st Rehearsal: 8/5/25
1st Performance: 9/11/25
Tentative Close: 10/19/25
Furthest Possible Extension Close: 11/30/25
Anspacher Theater - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - BB)
It is 1998, New York City. Nelson Castro is a Colombian-American laundromat owner in Queens grappling with a failing business and buried secrets. When his son Nick returns from a mental wellness facility after a traumatic incident, Nelson's world unravels. Committed to protecting his family and business, he tackles racial and identity challenges to achieve his dream, proving his success. Nelson must navigate morality's murky waters to salvage his future, uncertain whether he will emerge victorious, or if his past will consume everything he holds dear.
Written by Jordan E. Cooper
Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb
1st Rehearsal - Onstage Cast: 8/26/25
1st Rehearsal - Understudies: 9/9/25
1st Preview: 10/2/25
Close: 11/2/25
Furthest Possible Close: 11/30/25
Martinson Theater - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - BB)
An impending flood is the least of the Johnson family’s troubles in this outrageous reimagining of Noah’s Ark from Tony Award-nominated writer and director duo Jordan E. Cooper and Stevie Walker-Webb. OH, HAPPY DAY! begins in Laurel, MS, at a birthday BBQ for Lewis, the patriarch of the family. Shortly after his estranged son Keyshawn (played by Cooper) makes a surprise appearance, absurdity ensues on a day that will change their world forever. Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Donald Lawrence writes original songs for this biting new play about confronting the divine.
Book/Music/Lyrics by Ethan Lipton
Adapted from The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Music Director Nathan Koci
Orchestrations by Daniel Kluger
Choreography by Sunni Hitt
Newman Theater - $1837 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - EE)
Told with humor and urgency, this new musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth is the outrageous and often absurd story of the Antrobus family, a typical American family living at the end of the world. In the face of all manner of disasters – both natural and man-made, they are challenged to look within themselves, to each other, and at society to find new ways to survive and a better way to start anew.
Written by Else Went
Directed by Emma Rosa Went
1st Rehearsal: 10/14/25
1st Performance: 11/4/25
Close: 12/7/25
Possible Extension Close: 12/28/25
LuEsther Theater - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - BB)
A bittersweet reflection on adolescence at the dawn of the new millennium, INITIATIVE charts the intertwined lives of seven teens from 2000-2004, as they become friends, and in some cases, more than friends, wrestle with their potential, face incalculable loss, and struggle to find their way in (and get out of) “Coastal Podunk, California.”
Written by Anna Ziegler
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
1st Rehearsal: 1/20/26
1st Preview: 2/26/26
Close: 3/29/26
Furthest Possible Extension Close: 5/3/26
Anspacher Theater - $1,076.00 weekly minimum (Off-Broadway - BB)
A riveting take on Sophocles’ classic, the play reimagines the story of Oedipus’ daughter Antigone through a bold new lens. Written by award-winning playwright Anna Ziegler, this lyrical epic follows a fiercely independent young woman determined to control her own body in a kingdom ruled by archaic laws that regulate women’s autonomy. It paints a world that is both modern and ancient; a world of lost leaders, hapless cops, and one very righteous daughter on an all-night bender. Drama Desk Award nominee Tyne Rafaeli directs this daring new work about the timeless quest to find your voice.
8 ACTORS (4 male presenting, 4 female presenting). Understudy needs not yet known.
Written by Julissa Reynoso and Michael J. Chepiga
Directed by Doug Hughes
First Rehearsal: Feb 3, 2026
First Preview: March 12, 2026
Closing: April 12, 2026
Furthest Extension: May 3, 2026
Newman Theater - $1749 weekly minimum (Off Broadway EE)
PUBLIC CHARGE chronicles the challenging education of a twenty-first century American diplomat as she works with scores of other dedicated public servants to deploy humanitarian aid to an earthquake-ravaged Haiti, navigate the roiling politics of immigration, confront the reality of international espionage, and free a wrongly imprisoned American from a Cuban prison. This bracing world premiere by former United States Ambassador Julissa Reynoso and award-winning playwright Michael J. Chepiga is, at its core, about a group of Americans who believe, sometimes against all appearances to the contrary, that their government might actually be a force for good upon the frighteningly chaotic world stage.
8 ACTORS (4 Female presenting, 4 Male Presenting). Understudy needs not yet known.
Production/Dates/Creative Team TBD.
The Mobile Unit is a modern reimagining of Joseph Papp’s Mobile Theater, inspired by Ten Thousand Things Theater in Minneapolis, MN. The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit breaks down economic and geographic barriers to the arts by meeting our communities where they are — staging free professional theater productions in correctional facilities and parks across all five New York City boroughs. Over the years, Mobile Unit has served thousands of audiences with critically acclaimed productions.
Casting needs for this production are not yet known.
9 ACTORS, TBC.
EXPECTED TO ATTEND:
Lisa McNulty, Producing Artistic Director WP
Kristin Leahey, BOLD Associate Artistic Director WP
Jonathan Winn, Co-Artistic Director and Executive Director Thrown Stone
$818 weekly minimum (Category 1)
Director: Taylor Reynolds
Playwright: Phanésia Pharel
Returning home to assist her mother after a hospitalization, Haitian-American Bean soon finds her confidence shaken by her mother’s idea of what her life should be. Stuck at home, with nowhere to run from her mother’s ideas of marriage, motherhood, and malady, Bean must ask, “Do you know who you want to be? And are you brave enough to own it?” The Waterfall is an intimate and aching two-hander about the generational divides around family, womanhood, and the idea of the American Dream.
Director: Tatiana Pandiana
Playwright: Monet Hurst-Mendoza
Elena Maria Ramirez was born to be a torera, but it’s a rare feat for a woman in Mexico’s bullfighting scene. In order to enter the ring, she must defy society, her family, and legendary torero Don Rafael Cárdenas. Torera is a dynamic, epic family drama that swirls with the action, stakes, and intrigue of the bullfighting ring.
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